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School

Western University

Department

Philosophy

Course

Philosophy 2810F/G

Professor

Jennifer Epp

Semester

Fall

Description

SECESSION – BUCHANAN
 Act of withdrawing from a political entity – usually whereby a group of people remove
themselves and the territory they occupy from the jurisdiction of another political entity
 Federalism: a system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally dividend between a
central governing authority and constituent political units
 International governing bodies should only use remedial right theories to determine which
countries should have the right to secede
 Remedial Right theory: a general right to secede exists only when it is to alleviate injustice –
special right to secession is better than revolution
 New state must respect human rights, cooperate to secure just terms